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The SCRCA Project - 1: Introduction and Overview
The SCRCA Project - 2: Background and Context
Cataloguing, summarising and / or digitising primary source material held in key public repositories
A brief time-travelling excursion to London St. Pancras
An introduction to the new siding at Helwith Bridge for Arcow & Dry Rigg Quarries
An introduction to the standard types of workers' housing within the SCRCA
Biographies for selected individuals with a link to the SCRCA
Brick works in the Cotehill area
Building railways in the 1860s: two Midland extensions
Geological Notes Relating to the Quarries at Helwith Bridge
Gypsum Production in the Cotehill Area
Gypsum Production in the Kirkby Thore Area
Long Meg Mine, Little Salkeld
Mineral traffic from Long Marton Station
Photographs relating to the construction of the Settle & Carlisle Railway
Primary source material and contemporary accounts relating to the construction of the Settle-Carlisle Railway
Railway distance diagrams for the SCRCA
Railway land plans: Introduction and index
Railway travel posters
Self-guided tours relating to the construction of the Settle Carlisle Railway and Ribbledead Viaduct
Settle & Carlisle Railway navvies cause "revelry and riot" during a day-trip to Morecambe
Settle-Carlisle Railway Mileposts
The Brickworks at Culgaith
The Gypsum Industry and the Settle-Carlisle Railway
The importance of water on steam-operated railways
The Midland Railway coat of arms and wyvern crest
The non-standard station buildings associated with the SCRCA
The three standard designs for Settle-Carlisle line station buildings
What are railway gradient posts and why are they necessary?
What are railway signal boxes and why are they necessary?
What are railway tunnels and why are they necessary?
What are spoil tips and how were they formed?
What were naphtha stores and why were they necessary?
Why was Appleby Station provided with a passenger footbridge in 1901?
